Ex-Rayville public works director pleads guilty to five malfeasance counts

10:36 PM,
Jul. 25, 2014

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Former Rayville Public Works Director Arad Lorenzo Brown faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Friday in 5th District Court to five counts of malfeasance in office.

Brown, 50, used inmate labor to run his private enterprise while an employee with the town of Rayville.

Assistant District Attorney Doug Wheeler prosecuted the case for 5th District Attorney Mack Lancaster, who said following Brown's January arrest that he wouldn't "tolerate public officials profiting from taxpayer dollars. Public officials must be held to a higher standard." ...